Batyushka vs. Svyashchennik

[Ralph Cleminson]

On  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 Georges Adassovsky wrote:

> Answer to Ursula Doleschal : I don't agree with some of the following :
> >"pastyr'"(solemn, in the speech of priests)
>
> Only used for protestant clergymen. Comes from the French "pasteur"
>

Not so.  "Pastyr'" is perfectly good Church Slavonic, and is indeed
used (admittedly not often) for an effect of solemnity in regard of
the Orthodox clergy, as indeed is "arkhipastyr'" referring to an
Orthodox bishop.
A Protestant clergyman is "pastor".
>

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Ralph Cleminson, Reader in Slavonic Studies, University of Portsmouth
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